15 Secrets Successful People Know About Time Management Book Summary

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The most successful people regard time as a precious commodity and you can use these 15 methods to capture lost time and increase your productivity.

Start by ditching the to-do list and instead prioritizing what’s important. Do what you can to set yourself up for success and minimize distractions. Find ways to become more efficient. But don’t forget to take breaks for yourself.

About the Author

Kevin Kruse is a bestselling author, entrepreneur, and Forbes columnist. He started his first company at 22 years old and since then has created several multimillion-dollar companies.

Kruse is a renowned expert in productivity. He has traveled the globe delivering keynote speeches about productivity and was named the Trust Across America Top Thought Leader in Trust.

He is the founder and current CEO of Leadx, an online learning platform that provides free leadership development. Kruse has won Inc 500 and Best Place to Work awards for his companies.

Kruse lives in Pennsylvania with his three children.

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Have you ever wondered how some people seem to accomplish so much in a day while you can’t seem to find the time? In today’s society, your time is being filled up with endless tasks and interruptions. Replying to emails, responding to text messages, or constant calls on your phone. All of these things steal your time from more important tasks.

Successful people know that time management is key to getting things done. Think about it, if you lose five minutes because you’re replying to a text, you’re never getting that five minutes back. Fortunately, there are some tricks to make sure your time is not taken away and keep you on track.

Learning the habits of successful people is a great way to manage your time and will help you to improve your productivity in all parts of your life. As you will discover, none of these habits are hard to incorporate, and some are as simple as carrying a notebook with you. By learning the following 15 secrets, you will be able to find more success and more time in your day.

1. The most valuable commodity in your life is time so don’t waste it.

One of the things you have to remember is that time lost will never be regained. The best way to prevent losing time is to think of it is a commodity and break it down into measurable units. One way is to break the day down into minutes. There are a total of 1,440 minutes in each day and it is up to you how to use them.

Think of all the things you can do in a minute. You can water a plant or do some exercises. The point is, if you break down your day into minutes, you can see which tasks consume the most time and arrange your day more effectively.

2. Learning how to prioritize tasks will reduce how much time you waste.

Now that you have broken your day up into minutes, the next step is to arrange things more efficiently. A good method to use is to prioritize by importance. The Most Important Task method, known as MIT, helps you to organize your day more efficiently.

When you complete your MITs first, You feel a sense of achievement and it elevates your mood for the rest of the day. Think about it, if you leave your MITs until later in the day, they will be on your mind while you are working on other activities. This is because the MITs have the most meaningful impact on your day or your life. By completing the MITS first, you can focus your energy on other tasks without any distractions.

3. Stop making lists of things to do and start using a calendar instead.

You probably have a to-do list, everyone does. When you make a list, do you have tasks that stay on there for days or weeks at a time? The answer is probably yes. That’s because these kinds of lists rarely have any structure to...